Firm favourite gets a makeover The East Greenwich Business Association has revitalised its website. The site showcases the businesses of its members but any shop or business in East Greenwich (east of Park Row) is welcome to have a free listing in the business directory. Visitors to the site can also keep abreast of local news and events specific to East Greenwich, such as the 1948 Festival Fete at East Greenwich Pleasaunce on August 4 and 5, which is part of the East Greenwich Community Festival. The Festival also features an exhibition called City Noises in Glenister Gardens on July 28 and a Kids’ Sports Week, also at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, from July 31 to August 3. For more details, visit
www.eastgreenwichba.org.uk.
East Greenwich Pleasaunce
Planetarium reopens The Royal Observatory’s Peter Harrison Planetarium has reopened with state-of-the-art technology after a major refurbishment. Shows now feature high-definition projections of images based on real scientific data. The latest show is Across the Universe – the story of the Voyager space probes. To mark the last transit of
Venus for 105 years in June, the observatory is hosting events and a free exhibition, Measuring the Universe: From the Transit of Venus to the Edge of the Cosmos, which is on until September 2. For more details visit
www.rmg.co.uk.
Studio tours
The final weekend of Greenwich Open Studios, where 21 local artists open their doors to the public, takes place on June 16 and 17. John Bangs, whose artwork is pictured left, is showing at 25 Blissett Street. Alternatively, you can catch four different artists at the same time at 8 Diamond Terrace, where works by Sarah Lister, Kate Honey, Vanessa Mackness and Erica Macdonald will all be on show. For more details and a full list of other artists and venues visit
www.greenwichopenstudios.co.uk or call 020 8858 7829.
Sport’s greatest fans
Not to be outdone by the sporting extravaganza down the road, the Fan Museum on Crooms Hill has come up with a themed exhibition to coincide with it. Titled Sports, Leisure and Fans, the fans depict all manner of pageants and pastimes, from angling through to skating. The exhibition is on between Tuesdays and Sundays until September 9. For full details, visit
www.thefanmuseum.org.uk.
A ladies’ tennis scene on one of the museum’s historic fans
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